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<blockquote data-quote="YZ-80" data-source="post: 1908539" data-attributes="member: 109229"><p>I had a debacle with my 10 point crossbow last rut season. I shot a nice 8 point at 40 yards. He did not seem to react but about a minute after, laid down in some tall grass right where I shot him. I waited about 20 minutes climbed down and recocked the bow with the safety in the wrong configuration, Inadvertently activating the anti-dry firing</p><p>mechanism. I crossed the little creek and came up the small bank on the other side to find the buck laying in the grass, head up looking right at me - perfect opportunity to finish him with a neck shot <em>but my bow was locked up!! </em>I backed out of there and being new to the bow, crouched by my tree and watched a YouTube video on how to deactivate the anti-dry firing mechanism. By the time I got my act together, the buck had dried up, gotten up and walked away. He had been skinned across the brisket with my first shot.</p><p></p><p>When I got home, I checked the bow over and it was hitting 3" low at 30 yards. Seems as a new crossbow owner, I was not aware that these things are not designed for the kind of recreational shooting that a compound bow Is designed for. I shot the crap out of the thing practicing since early September and it appears I wore the string and cables out.</p><p></p><p>As for the buck, I spotted him 1.5 hrs later chasing a doe. So I plan on seeing him</p><p>again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YZ-80, post: 1908539, member: 109229"] I had a debacle with my 10 point crossbow last rut season. I shot a nice 8 point at 40 yards. He did not seem to react but about a minute after, laid down in some tall grass right where I shot him. I waited about 20 minutes climbed down and recocked the bow with the safety in the wrong configuration, Inadvertently activating the anti-dry firing mechanism. I crossed the little creek and came up the small bank on the other side to find the buck laying in the grass, head up looking right at me - perfect opportunity to finish him with a neck shot [I]but my bow was locked up!! [/I]I backed out of there and being new to the bow, crouched by my tree and watched a YouTube video on how to deactivate the anti-dry firing mechanism. By the time I got my act together, the buck had dried up, gotten up and walked away. He had been skinned across the brisket with my first shot. When I got home, I checked the bow over and it was hitting 3” low at 30 yards. Seems as a new crossbow owner, I was not aware that these things are not designed for the kind of recreational shooting that a compound bow Is designed for. I shot the crap out of the thing practicing since early September and it appears I wore the string and cables out. As for the buck, I spotted him 1.5 hrs later chasing a doe. So I plan on seeing him again. [/QUOTE]
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